border with ukraine, that this will be economic. but i think the message that s coming across now and it s certainly one that is being heard at the kremlin is not only is it economic, there will be a military price to pay. i think some analysts had looked at the situation earlier in december and said neither united states, nor its nato partners, were willing to send troops into ukraine to support the ukrainians and that was something that president putin would see as a weakness. what we heard from president biden yesterday reaffirming clearly that if russia invades ukraine, then nato, including the united states, obviously, would increase their presence in europe, which is the complete opposite of what putin is trying to achieve. putin wants to see nato rejuice its presence on the eastern borders of europe, it wants commitments from nato that it won t allow ukraine to join and won t base troops and military